Re: [HACKERS] Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone

[Oliver Elphick]

Lamar Owen wrote:
  >Ok, why not fix tmpwatch instead?  Only the lock files break FHS -- the
  >sockets can go there by FHS, right? 

No, UNIX sockets are specifically mentioned as belonging under /var/run.
In section 5.10 "/var/run : Run-time variable data", it says: "Programs
that maintain transient UNIX-domain sockets should place them in this 
directory."

So what ever the outcome for the wider PostgreSQL community, I must make
the change to conform to Debian policy.

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